Schools
Celebrating Pi with Pie on 3.14
A happy homophone gives El Cerrito and Kensington students a great reason to celebrate the annual March 14 observance of a mathematical constant.
Students in local schools joined mathematicians around the world in celebrating Pi Day Monday, chosen for the honor because "3," representing March, the third month, and "14" from the 14th day, together mimic the first three digits of the handy constant: 3.14. Some celebrants pay special homage at 1:59 to give a shout out to pi's next three digits.
Pi's homophone, pie, which conveniently usually occurs in the shape of a circle, is a common treat at Pi Day events. (Pi is the ratio of circle's circumference to its diameter.)
At slices of pie were sold as a school fundraiser, and some classes at Fairmont and other area schools used the opportunity to practice chanting pi digits and using formulas that employ pi, such as those for finding the circumference and area of a circle.
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"Pi is an irrational and transcendental number meaning it will continue infinitely without repeating," according to the Pi Day website.
